Beer of the Week: Blue Point Toasted Lager

This week's Beer of the Week is Blue Point's Toasted Lager.Blue Point Brewing Co.

Blue Point's flagship beer, Toasted Lager, has been around for a little while now; it was the first keg Blue Point tapped back in 1998. But around this time of the year, when the weather gets crisp and the first snow falls, nothing beats it.

As the name suggests, Toasted Lager's main attraction is the toasted malt flavors that come from six different varieties of malts (English Pale, Crystal, Munich, Carapils, Wheat, and Belgian Caravienna), delicately balanced with hints of hops.

Toasted lager pours a very nice and clear light copper with a thick and frothy white head, two fingers thick. Head retention is decent, but lacing is sub-par.

The nose is mostly a lightly toasted grain with hints of brown sugar and a slight citrus. Overall, it's very clean and crisp, as a lager, especially an amber, should be.

The taste follows naturally. Again, it's mostly comprised of the toasted grains with a decent sweetness to it and very little, if any, bitterness. There's a slight citrus flavor, but other than that, there is no real hop that comes through.

The mouthfeel is very crisp thanks to the high carbonation, but with a dry finish.